The experimental Flood Hazard Outlook (FHO) is a relatively new tool from the National Weather Service. It highlights the flash and urban flooding risks from current conditions to the next 7 days. It will work in conjunction with current products, like the Excessive Rainfall Outlook. It was designed to portray the potential inland flash flood […]
Tropical Storm Francine was officially named on Monday at 11 a.m. ET by the National Hurricane Center. This is the sixth named system of the season it is forecast to make landfall in the United States, specifically in Louisiana either late Wednesday night or very early Thursday morning, as a hurricane. If the forecast verifies, […]
Flood watches will continue to be in effect across the Panhandle through Saturday evening, specifically for areas south of Tallahassee through Apalachicola westward over Panama City and to p just east and outside of Pensacola. Flood watches and warnings could likely be issued for areas more east across the Panhandle and North Florida overnight into […]
Cars that are damaged from flooding during natural disasters are being sold nationwide at an alarming rate. Carfax, the vehicle history reporting website estimates more than 450,000 cars were damaged in tropical flood waters last hurricane season, that’s about 50,000 more flooded cars from the 2022 hurricane season. So far the 2024 hurricane season has […]
Heavy rainfall has been the norm this week across much of the state this week. The latter part of the week comes with higher than normal chances, especially over North Florida and the Panhandle where the stationary front will be barely moving on Friday. Its main movement will be from west to east dragging all […]
Some will say it is Pumpkin Spice season, but Floridians could say more it is stalled front season. After all, we enter the season where fronts start to gain a bit more forward speed from the north, but there are still winds that put the brakes on the front, making them stall either over the […]
This past Labor Day weekend broke a hurricane seasonal record, not for activity, but lack thereof. For the first time since in almost three decades, there wasn’t a tropical storm in the Atlantic basin between Aug. 21 to Sept. 2. That hasn’t happened since 1997, more than 27 years ago. As you probably know, historically, […]
Just after sunrise on August 30th 2023, Hurricane Idalia became the first major hurricane on record to hit near Keaton Beach, in Florida’s Big Bend. Idalia brought a devastating storm surge of 8-12 feet to the coastline in Levy, Dixie and Taylor counties. Foundations flooded, and roofs toppled in Idalia’s wake. According to the National […]
